40s

See also: 40S, '40s, and 40's

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviated form of 1940s.

Noun

40s (uncountable)

1. The decade of the 1940s.

   Synonyms: 1940s, forties

2. A range of the numbers forty (40) to forty-nine (49).
   • 2024 May 8, Katia Hetter, “Mammograms are now recommended starting at age 40. Should you get one?”, in CNN‎:

     Women in their 40s were counseled to make individual decisions together with their health care provider, but there was no explicit recommendation for them to start until they turned 50.

Alternative forms

• '40s
• 40's

Translations

the decade of the 1940s — see forties

See also

decades in English (edit)

18th century	1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s
19th century	1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s
20th century	1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s
21st century	2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s
22nd century	2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s
23rd century	2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s
Decade only	00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s
	'00s · '10s · '20s · '30s · '40s · '50s · '60s · '70s · '80s · '90s
	00's · 10's · 20's · 30's · 40's · 50's · 60's · 70's · 80's · 90's
	zeros/zeroes or aughts/noughties/oughts · oneties/tens/teens · twenties · thirties · forties · fifties · sixties · seventies · eighties · nineties
Nicknames	Hungry Forties · Gay Nineties · Naughty Nineties · Roaring Twenties · Dirty Thirties · Swinging Sixties

Etymology 2

Noun

40s

1. plural of 40 (“bottle of beer”)